Concentric Circles Reflection

     One if my favourite activities that we did last week was the concentric circles exercise. In this activity, we got a partner and set ourselves up so that on partner was standing in an outer circle and the second partner was standing in a circle inside the outer circle. We were set up similar to a doughnut. Ms Lees gave us a topic to discuss with the partner that we were standing with and a time limit of 2 minutes. These topics covered things such as our fears, secret activities, and aspirations. Once the time was up, the inner circle rotated one partner to the right ( I think ) and started a conversation with their new partner on a new topic. We repeated these steps around 10 times.

     I liked this activity the most because it helped me to get to know some of the people in the class a little bit better. It also helped me because it made talk and speak up, something that I sometimes don't do to much of. Only talking to one other person made the situation seem more approachable and easier to do. It made me open up to people a little bit more because the questions were more personal, which I think was good for me. Coming up with answers to the questions helped me to think more about who I am and it was interesting to hear everyone else's answers too.

     The purpose of this activity was for us to "break the ice" and start getting a bit more familiar with each other, but it also helped us to think a little bit more about ourselves and what we think and believe. One of the harder questions for me was something along the lines of "Where do you want to go after high school?" To be honest I had to think to myself a bit because I wasn't too sure. After doing this activity, it helped me to realize a bit more of what I want to do after graduation.